Eagle tip: instead of placing lines and then editing their properties to put them at the right coordinates, you can type in coordinates into the command line at the top in (x y) notation. So for making the entire outline of the LCD you could type (after selecting the line tool) "(-2.4015 -0.866) (-2.4015 0.866) (2.4015 0.866) (2.4015 -0.866) (-2.4015 -0.866)" and it would all appear *as if by magic*. Same goes for holes at specific coordinates.
This looks great. I can't wait for this kit to be released. Hoping I learn a lot and can use it to upscale this project and build my own full size Pinball machine... ah .. a boy can dream.
Hey there Ben. In order to be able to view the traces after hitting ratsnest, you can go to the terminal bar above and type "RIPUP @;" (without quotes) to ripup all polygons. You can limit this to polygons of a list of signals by typing "RIPUP @ GND VCC MYSIGNAL;"
Eagle tip: If you have clicked ratsnest after placing a ground polygon, you can write "ripup @;" to just remove the visual polygon fill, so you can continue routing, and still see what you do. Clicking ratsnest again would show you/calculate the fill again.
1. You can double-click in the pin list to assign one to whichever signal is currently highlighted without using the "connect" button. 2. You didn't assign a direction to any of those pins. Some should be set to input only, some output only, and some to power. That allows you to use the ERC to find errors you otherwise might miss. 3. Once you had one short and one long side of the LCD, you could have just cloned each one and stuck them in place. (Or just use Brent Allen's tip to make it in one go).
17:23 - Aha! I see you've corrected the number of pins on your custom component part. It appeared to me that you made the same mistake of jumping one pin number twice!
Can you not use seven segment display modules or the alphanumeric modules but which uses 16 pins of the number of pins that the 7 segment display modules,VFD tubes require at least 64volts for it to work.
question so im building a gaming laptop and im trying to make it chargable but im also using desktop parts but i wanna adapt the battary to the chords, sorry if you dunno what i mean. REPLY
Why can't you just draw the part using 0, 0 as the origin and centre it afterwards? Seems like dividing everything by 2 is a tedious and error-prone way of doing things...
It's funny after he noticed that the pads were wrong, he redid them and they were still wrong, skipping number 8, meaning there were a total of 17 pads. But after the "Finishing up the design" card, suddenly there are 18 pads. It's also infuriating to see someone click on something and then move their mouse to the cancle button. Just use the escape key if you have to do repetitive tasks like this so you don't have to move your mouse that much.
Neat project! Pinball sure is up there as one of my favorite games as a kid.
Eagle tip: instead of placing lines and then editing their properties to put them at the right coordinates, you can type in coordinates into the command line at the top in (x y) notation. So for making the entire outline of the LCD you could type (after selecting the line tool) "(-2.4015 -0.866) (-2.4015 0.866) (2.4015 0.866) (2.4015 -0.866) (-2.4015 -0.866)" and it would all appear *as if by magic*. Same goes for holes at specific coordinates.
thanks, didn't know of that
This looks great. I can't wait for this kit to be released. Hoping I learn a lot and can use it to upscale this project and build my own full size Pinball machine... ah .. a boy can dream.
Last show before basic training. I'm going to have a Heck of a marathon when I get out.
I see what you did there. Good luck in basic!
The PCB _'talk through'_ was awesome! It would really make great short osmosis style 'learning circuits' videos!
pinball themed pinball machine; it'll be a great success
Hey there Ben. In order to be able to view the traces after hitting ratsnest, you can go to the terminal bar above and type "RIPUP @;" (without quotes) to ripup all polygons. You can limit this to polygons of a list of signals by typing "RIPUP @ GND VCC MYSIGNAL;"
Ben doesn't spend much time on here so I shared your comment with him. His response, "That sounds useful." Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome! :D
Ben, did you just make that DC connector center ground, that's evil.
ZEROSTATIC72 Doesn't look that way to me. When it comes to not using center grounds, "in Ben we trust".
Eagle tip: If you have clicked ratsnest after placing a ground polygon, you can write "ripup @;" to just remove the visual polygon fill, so you can continue routing, and still see what you do. Clicking ratsnest again would show you/calculate the fill again.
we use that LCR Display on some of our Vitamix boards. I've been soldering those for years.
Also, your LCD pinout may be incorrect... the datasheet showed that pin 1 is actually pin 14...
too bad they don't read the comments :(
at 17:58 you can see that pin 1 is actually connected to ground :) so Ben must have noticed that
1. You can double-click in the pin list to assign one to whichever signal is currently highlighted without using the "connect" button.
2. You didn't assign a direction to any of those pins. Some should be set to input only, some output only, and some to power. That allows you to use the ERC to find errors you otherwise might miss.
3. Once you had one short and one long side of the LCD, you could have just cloned each one and stuck them in place. (Or just use Brent Allen's tip to make it in one go).
17:23 - Aha! I see you've corrected the number of pins on your custom component part. It appeared to me that you made the same mistake of jumping one pin number twice!
Heckputer. Love it :)
Same here XD
You can manually type in hole diameters in Eagle. so, you can have a 3.5mm diameter hole.
IS IT BEST TO PUT GND PLANE ON TOP OF BOARD AND ON BOTTOM ? OR CAN YOU PUT GND ON ONE SIDE AND VOLTAGE ON OTHER ?
Can you not use seven segment display modules or the alphanumeric modules but which uses 16 pins of the number of pins that the 7 segment display modules,VFD tubes require at least 64volts for it to work.
It's a mini pinball so Antman theme seems like a good fit
I wanted you teel me what program you use please and please do more básicos videos.
I miss this
question so im building a gaming laptop and im trying to make it chargable but im also using desktop parts but i wanna adapt the battary to the chords, sorry if you dunno what i mean.
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Next week on the Ben Heck Show...
No input protection?
Hahaha Ben was so fucking over "Heckputer"
what do you mean in 19:20 ? :)
I'm guessing since the wire is there it's easier to go around the jack, as opposed to straight through (slamming the side parallel to the base)
Yay, pinball!
When will we see a tear down video of Xbox one x
How about a Pinball themed Pinball Machine.
Why can't you just draw the part using 0, 0 as the origin and centre it afterwards? Seems like dividing everything by 2 is a tedious and error-prone way of doing things...
at 10:19 he explains why...
No to the Heck Computer hmm, maybe he was hoping for a Heckmobile.
Whoever was getting messages in the background should really put their phone on silent while filming.
Wouldn't that be a rule of finger
I was thinking the Hec 9000 series
When are you going to tear apart a xbox one x?
Pretty much as soon as it comes out.
now it has to be sloth themed or i'll be dissapointed
Tomorrow xbox one x teardown
Star Trek Discovery Theme..
I'd let ben populate my io :^)
who else checked their hangouts for messages that weren't there while watching this?
It's funny after he noticed that the pads were wrong, he redid them and they were still wrong, skipping number 8, meaning there were a total of 17 pads. But after the "Finishing up the design" card, suddenly there are 18 pads. It's also infuriating to see someone click on something and then move their mouse to the cancle button. Just use the escape key if you have to do repetitive tasks like this so you don't have to move your mouse that much.
Nice Ballmer joke
good femplacement
The what now?
first?
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